「千代寿」 「士」「大平」
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Source:
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Image courtesy of
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
Description
The samurai sheet (士, shi) from Chiyo Kotobuki pairs the warrior class with the legend 'Taihei' — great peace — a politically resonant phrase in the Meiji period, when the hereditary samurai order had been legally abolished and martial identity was being refashioned into national mythology. Kyosai, who had genuine connections to samurai culture through his patrons and his own martial training, would have brought particular nuance to such a subject. The figure likely appears in formal military or ceremonial dress, depicted with the assured line quality derived from his years of Kano-school painting discipline.
More Prints by Kawanabe Kyosai
Tenpôzan in Osaka: Viewing Children's Sumo (Naniwa Tenpôzan kodomo sumô shôran), from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô
1863
Woodblock print
Kyosai, Royal Academy, London, FREE DOMESTIC SHIPPING
2022
Original Museum Lithographic Exhibition Poster
from the series One Hundred Pictures by Kyôsai (Kyôsai hyakuzu)
Woodblock print
Gontazaka, from the series Scenes of Famous Places along the Tôkaidô Road (Tôkaidô meisho fûkei), also known as the Processional Tôkaidô (Gyôretsu Tôkaidô), here called Tôkaidô meisho no uchi
Woodblock print
Frequently Asked Questions
「千代寿」 「士」「大平」 was created by Kawanabe Kyosai (河鍋暁斎).